My body belonged to me once. Not anymore. He planned this before I even knew his name. He made the life I've always known vanish as if it never existed, and now I'm his helpless captive, forced to play my part in his sadistic fantasy. It could have been a fairytale... A wealthy, handsome Duke sweeps a poor orphan girl from America off her feet and brings her to a beautiful estate hidden away in the English countryside. But this isn't the Victorian era, and I'm not Richard Payne's bride or his guest. I'm his prisoner. I know it is all a sick, twisted game. But what I know doesn't matter. My delusions will be cured by pain and punishment and nothing will stop him from using me as shamefully as he pleases. I'm his ward now. Perhaps one day soon he'll have made me forget I was ever anything else... Publisher's Note: Ward includes spankings, rough sexual scenes, intense and humiliating punishments, and strong D/s themes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.

He’s controlling, manipulative, dangerous… and I’m in love with him. Rich and powerful, Richard is used to getting whatever he wants… and he wants me. This isn’t a romance. It’s a dark and twisted obsession. A game of ever-increasingly depraved acts. Every time I fight it, he just pulls me deeper into his deception. The slightest disobedience to his rules brings swift punishment. My life as I knew it is gone. He now controls everything. I’m caught in his web, the harder I struggle, the more entangled I become. I no longer know my own mind. He owns my body, making me crave his painful touch. But the worst deception of all? He’s made me love him. If I don’t break free soon, there will be no escape for me.

My little bird escaped her cage. I will bring her back. She is mine, and she belongs in my arms and in my bed. She must be reminded of that. Painfully. Each time she defies me, the consequences will be more severe and her surrender will be more shameful. When I'm done she will be sore and sorry, but I'm not just going to punish her. I'm going to break her. Again. Publisher's Note: Toxic is the third book in the Dark Obsession trilogy. It includes spankings, rough sexual scenes, intense and humiliating punishments, and strong D/s themes. If such material offends you, please don't buy this book.